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Our belt groups provide an interactive area for our members to share ideas and thoughts on any poker related topic. You must first sign up to the Black Belt Poker community to be able to post on the group boards.

On sign-up, you will automatically gain White Belt status, and can post on the White group boards. Once you've opened a cardroom account and made a deposit, you'll also be given access to the Yellow, Orange and Green board.

Posting is limited to our current crop of sponsored players in the Blue, Brown and Black group boards, but the whole community can visit these boards, and gain insight into the minds of some of the brightest new stars on the UK poker scene.

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Niall Farrell posted on  10 Mar, 11:19pm
1/9 in the 50 cubed on ftp

7.6k to frist

VAMOSSSS

firaldo87 yo
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Niall Farrell posted on 11 Mar, 0:37am
lol @ me losing to that clownshoe. thanks for the rail man :-) 4.8k i spose :-)
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Kevin Williams posted on 11 Mar, 1:00am
Niall mate you're so bad at winning tournaments!

congrats wp ;)

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Ryan Williams posted on 11 Mar, 1:03am
his thin value bets with air were funny :)
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Kevin Williams posted on  8 Mar, 8:42pm
Hi guys, some shameless self promotion but Oliver posted a question up here on implied odds the other week and I promised him an article was on the way on the subject. It's a three part series and Part 1 is now up. Hope everyone find's it useful and I'd welcome any questions or feedback.

http://blackbeltpoker.com/articles/read/Implied-Odds-1

Happy reading!
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Adam 'Snoopy' Goulding posted on 10 Mar, 2:50am
Excellent articles, Kevin. The third and final part will be up soon.
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Gavin (TFMonty007) Hall posted on 10 Mar, 11:19am
plus one. nice work
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Kevin Williams posted on 11 Mar, 1:01am
cheers guys, part 3 now up!
10 Mar
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Neil Channing posted on  9 Mar, 3:28pm
 Hello everyone,

 Boyles have just let me know that they've put the odds up on Black Belt London Live.

 If anyone fancies a bet just click on the link below.

 James Akenhead is the favourite at 33/1 with Praz Bansi and Julian Thew at 40/1. There are a bunch of people at 50/1 including me. I notice that Nik Persaud is on 66/1.

 Boyles received the list from me yesterday and obviously there might be the odd drop out and the odd person who comes in through the last satellites.

 If somebody has been missed off then post here and I'll email and get the price added.

 Boyles tell me that as this is a novelty market where the prize money is low compared with golf tournaments, snooker and other poker tournaments they cover, they will be keeping the stakes fairly small. I think it'll be easy to get a tenner on, or maybe more on the favourites.

 http://www.boylesports.com/Areas/SportsHome/template_1_UK/index.html?navigationtypes=HOME#navigationtypes=OTHERSPORT&bo-navigation=top,24.1,576.1,13347.1&market-group=43090.1


nc
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Gavin (TFMonty007) Hall posted on 10 Mar, 5:22pm
erm i have no idea that sounds like one for info@blackbelt.com
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grant (betyama) darnley posted on 10 Mar, 7:28pm
Ur BB account is seperate from your Boyles one so you will need to set up a new one from Boylesports.com
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Nick Mazur posted on 10 Mar, 11:27pm
I havent had a response yet but thats what I thought thought though why am I able to transfer funds to my Sports Betting account (which doesnt exist) on BB
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Dave Eames posted on  10 Mar, 7:47pm
chip leader in the $5r 7.5k with 22 left if anyone feels like railing
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Dave Eames posted on 10 Mar, 8:43pm
thanks, 5 left now, still chipleader, but really close now all 5 players
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Dave Eames posted on 10 Mar, 8:47pm
4th for $459, everyone got really short, chipleader 20BBs, guy was raising every hand, so he raised SB 3x, I shove w T7 (was shoving any 2 here expecting a fold) and he calls Q4, I lose.

really weird structure that tournament, seemed fairly deep all the way through, then got super shallow at the end.
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Tom ( Werrrrd) Drew posted on 10 Mar, 8:48pm
is it on FTP screen name ?
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Rob Weston posted on  10 Mar, 2:49pm
Just noticed the spotlight has gone from the new skin.

Hurrah!
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Carey Hollick posted on 10 Mar, 7:48pm
and way big cards when you minimize your table :)
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Dave Eames posted on 10 Mar, 7:52pm
I acutally turned the spotlight back on, quite like it
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Mark (mavperth) Valentine posted on 10 Mar, 8:01pm
I have turned it back on too, thought it was just me who liked it, lol
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Mark (mavperth) Valentine posted at  8:00pm
Is it just me or has tonights stage1 satellite dissapeared?
David Macleod posted on  10 Mar, 4:17pm
Hi all.

Is there any software that will allow you to play two (or more) ipoker skins at the same time?

Many thanks.
David Macleod posted on 10 Mar, 5:23pm
Ok cheers fellas.
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kyle (dixxxiehaze) milne posted on 10 Mar, 6:09pm
reason ebing you could enter a sng from bbp and say titan and play two people at the same table which is an unfair advantage to the rest
David Macleod posted on 10 Mar, 6:52pm
Oh I fully understand that, there could be major "underhandness" going on. My reason is that I qualified for two different tournies particular to an ipoker site.
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chris poutashi posted on  10 Mar, 2:42pm
hi,is the table draw going to be made on thursday,live at the VIC?
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Gavin (TFMonty007) Hall posted on 10 Mar, 6:45pm
live draw sounds like a reason for a pint :)
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Ermyas (uSayMrE) Birru posted at  5:25pm
Hey if any1 fancies playing a persoon on tilt find sharktrap i just tiltted him and for the first time he talking alsorts of ish have fun 
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Hugh Kirton posted at  2:39pm
Anyone wanna swap days. I want Friday 1a.
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Adam 'Snoopy' Goulding posted on  6 Mar, 3:33pm
EPT Berlin was raided by armed men earlier. Check out the final moments of the broadcast:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFn3XxRWcO0&feature=sub
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Andy (Redkite) Brisland posted on 10 Mar, 1:05pm
I think that is Gavin's jokey side coming out , here is a link to a CBS interview with the winner, also if you read the text below the amount stolen is a lot less

http://cakepoker.com/blog/En/post/Kevin-MacPhee-Talks-EPT-Berlin-on-CBS-Early-Show-875.aspx
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Andy (Redkite) Brisland posted on 10 Mar, 1:27pm
This one is stunning !!! it is being taken down as I write throughout youtube, watch it quick

http://www.pokerlistings.com/armed-robbery-at-ept-berlin-65237
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Gavin (TFMonty007) Hall posted on 10 Mar, 1:48pm
seen it, been out since sat :)
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richard hinds posted on  10 Mar, 5:35am
Just a thought... I was reading Snoopy's blog there a minute ago and he referenced an article by Nik Persaud called 'Creative Thinking' and I went to look for it, and there seems to be no organisation of the articles on this site whatsoever. It strikes me as a slight hinderance for someone who wishes to read up on a certain aspect of the game and having to sift through all the recent trip reports and reviews and player profiles just to find the nugget of information they are looking for.

Would it not be more beneficial for the community as a whole, if the articles button did not lead to page 1 of 20+ of scattered articles about everything and anything, but instead linked to a clearly marked out contents page allowing users the opportunity to view select sections of the articles relevant to the wants and needs of each individual user~?
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Mike (sceaga2) Shaw posted on 10 Mar, 8:14am
and have a search facility
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Jamie Burland AKA StilettoMafiosa posted on 10 Mar, 8:24am
there are very rough sub-divisions in place but agree that a contents page would be the nuts
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Gavin (TFMonty007) Hall posted on 10 Mar, 11:20am
its not too bad atm as you can subselect whether its strategy or interviews etc that you are looking for, but certainly as site content grows then it will not be optimal.
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matthew gilbert posted on  9 Mar, 5:35pm
anyone find that the minimum stack all in or fold strategy actually works in the long run.  It goes against everything cash is about, but find it such a common practice these days...
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matthew gilbert posted on 9 Mar, 7:54pm
I figured no, iv been online BBP fairly solid for the last 5 days and seen loads of it. surprising....
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Adam 'Snoopy' Goulding posted on 10 Mar, 2:50am
Looking at the winrate stat of the short stacks I play, it doesn't appear as though it works. I have thousands of hands on this one short stacker and he's down a shitload, so I'm not sure why he's pursing with the strategy.
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Gavin (TFMonty007) Hall posted on 10 Mar, 10:56am
*cough* rakeback whore *cough*
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Tom ( Werrrrd) Drew posted on  23 Feb, 0:56am
Question bout LONDON LIVE    I wana know what the Vic is allowin for dress code I hear they always strict bout everything.   They baning  joggin pants  hoodies hats ?      Should really be allowed to play in anything u want within a degree of reason   ?   Some 1 plz leme KNow.

cheers.......
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Mandy (wondrwman) Card posted on 9 Mar, 11:21pm
lol @ kevin williams - never too soon :-p
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richard hinds posted on 10 Mar, 5:07am
I flew in to one of the grading workshops from Belfast in a blue hoodie and canterbury of new zealand tracksuit bottoms, and they sent me straight back out again... it was a long trip back home to get changed!
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Andy (Redkite) Brisland posted on 10 Mar, 8:14am
lol Richard , or indeed to the nearest M&S :-)
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Sen Sei posted at  6:11am
Greetings all. A few of you may have noticed a slight change in your points recently. This is because of the recent iPoker updates that allow multi-currency tables, which in turn meant we had to recalculate a few days of rake for those playing on £ and € tables to account for this change. If you have any queries, then please feel to drop us an email at info@blackbeltpoker.com. Many thanks.
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Tom ( Werrrrd) Drew posted at  3:50am
100-1 on to win LL  JOKES...    No such thing as Bad Luck  Gona Put  a score on myslef to win  and create my Own Luck to Take this thig Down  BOOOOM.....   haha...    GL   This id gona be siiiiick..
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Sen Sei posted on  8 Mar, 2:23pm
Greetings all. Unfortunately, I had to delete a thread today due to trolling and subsequent mud-slinging. I think the Black Belt community has worked wonders to get this far without much need for moderation and everyone here at Black Belt Poker is immensely proud of the community that has been built and the cordial, adult-like behaviour of its members. However, whilst we remain respectful of people's freedom of speech and acknowledge that our members are not children who need to be subjected to a Big Brother mentality, we will moderate any untoward behaviour and remove any insulting remarks if necessary. Similarly, if we feel that a member has gone a step too far, then we won't hesitate to ban that person, as we really don't want to have to spend time messing around with members who are only looking to provoke and argue instead of contributing constructively to the community. If anyone has a problem with the this, then please feel free to contact me via private message. On this occasion, we're going to let the matter lie and put it down to experience, but if it continues, Sen Sei will be forced to come out of retirement and go Bruce Lee on your ass. :)

Finally, may I alert you to the guidelines that we have in place:

http://www.blackbeltpoker.com/help/community/guidelines/
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Gareth Warke posted on 9 Mar, 2:32am
Anyone who gets a post deleted should have to grind 1 milllion $$$ play money before they can post again.

ps Sen Sei you smell like wee wee.
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Sen Sei posted on 10 Mar, 3:02am
Just bumping this temporarily as I feel it's an important message.
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Kevin Williams posted on 10 Mar, 3:08am
So does Gareth...
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Gavin (TFMonty007) Hall posted on  9 Mar, 12:21pm
wow for anyone that hasnt been keeping up with high stakes poker you really want to make sure you catch next week's episode its being billed as some big moves including an epic ivey vs durrrrrr hand..............

On top of that Ivey and durrrr have just agreed a prop bet for $2mil that ivey will go vegan for year, lol
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Adam (JHobbit1) Saunders posted on 9 Mar, 1:54pm
Is it on TV or just the net
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Gavin (TFMonty007) Hall posted on 9 Mar, 2:01pm
pokertube, unless u get gsn on your tv
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Adam 'Snoopy' Goulding posted on 10 Mar, 2:54am
Quite enjoyed the last episode, the Negrenau faux-pas was pretty interesting, and I enjoy listening to the bizarre prop bets. The episode before that was just dyer, but by the looks of the preview, we could be in for a corker next week. Either way, bring back AJ please.
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Mandy (wondrwman) Card posted on  9 Mar, 11:28pm
DONKAMENT?????? Its been a quiet Tuesday on BBP tonight, but me thinks you guys should all get your asses in gear for the donkament  ......... whose with me?? ......anyone?................I said, anyone?????????????????.....No one??!!!!.....Just me in the lobby then.......Mandy no mates - jeeeez its like being back at school.

Dont leave me hanging guys n gals..................get your $3 out :-D
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Mandy (wondrwman) Card posted on 10 Mar, 0:22am
haha...I work for Sky Poker and we are going to be doing interviews with the pro's.
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Mandy (wondrwman) Card posted on 10 Mar, 0:24am
If you regulars are on msn...add me mandy@ukartists.com
Gurpreet Patel posted on 10 Mar, 0:35am
do u have webcam mandy ;)